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Import/create the Design Space including the Non-Design Spaces in MSC Apex Generative Design. For this Bracket the Design Space was imported.
The CAD-file includes several solids. The desired Design Space, as well as the dummy part for an electric motor and the needed screws to connect the parts. The latter ones are the Retained Volumes which will be used later on in the optimisationmodel set up.
Open the Design Space Tool in the Optimization Tools to select the imported Geometry as the Design Space.
Create the material Steel, PA12 and Aluminium in the Materials editor. Assign PA12 to the Design Space, Aluminium to the Motor Housing electric motor housing and Steel for the Screwsscrews.
The specific values needed are the Young's Modulus, Poisson ratio and Density.
The Tension Strength is the maximum allowable stress for the material.
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Four Interfaces are created on the interfaces between the Design Space and the Motorelectric motor. Hide the Motor motor as well as the screws to have a better view. A Non-Design Space Thickness of 4 mm, an Offset Distance of 6 mm and a Machining Allowance of 1 mm is entered. Now select the surface and confirm the selection (MMB).
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In the next step the interaction between the Retained Volumes and the Design Space is defined. For this the Generative Design Configuration Tool is used. Start the Tool and choose the corresponding objects for each step, then click the MMB. For this configuration, only the Design Space is selected as Initial Design Space and the electric motor and screws as Retained Volumes
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